Chapter 1405
Magenta
Savannah and Cammy waited to see where the target vehicle turned. It seemed as if it was going to turn into where they were at now behind a building.
"What are the chances of the car stopping here?" Savannah asked.
Cammy looked at her phone. The car was stopped.
"Currently they are one hundred percent." Cammy said.
Savannah glanced over at her for a second. It didn't look like she'd made a joke.
The drone footage showed the passenger get out of the car. He ran across the street from the building they waited behind. He went alongside of the business there. He seemed to know what he was doing. It looked like it was with purpose. The car drove off.
"That's different." Savannah said.
Cammy watched the Gray move alongside of the building across the street.
"He is going to the building in back of where he's at now." Cammy said. "I'm sure he will climb the fence and approach the property behind it from the rear."
Cammy's phone stayed on the drone image of the Gray while Savannah's tracked the car.
The car moved to the end of the block. It parked next to the curb and waited.
Cammy hoped for some better information.
"Are you getting any transmissions, John Henry?" Cammy asked. "Is there any communication?
"There's nothing from either phone traffic or any radio signals." John Henry said.
Savannah figured they must have a prearranged plan.
"I think they are on a time schedule of some kind." Savannah said. "They're trying to play it safe and not use any transmitted communications so they can't be tracked."
Cammy looked at the images on both of their phones.
"They don't know they're already being tracked." Cammy said.
Not only were they being tracked, they were targeted as well.
"What's this?" Young Allison asked.
Anna looked at her screens.
"It must be what it appears." Anna said.
Young Allison wanted to play it safe.
"Have 'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb' make sure nothing approaches where Savannah and Cammy are now." Young Allison said. "I mean from the back and the sides too."
Anna knew that meant to look for an ambush or a sucker play.
'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb' did not spot anything in back of or around Cammy and Savannah. "They are prepared to engage any target."
From the drone footage they watched the Gray on foot go over the fence. He approached the back of the building on the next street and checked the rear door. It seemed secure. He moved along the side of the building down a driveway. The driveway led to the street. It was the street over one block from where they were.
The Gray checked a side door as he moved along the side of the building down the driveway. It seemed secure as well. He moved to the front and checked that too.
"Zoom in on him." Young Allison said.
They saw the Gray look at his watch.
"He's on a timetable." Anna said. "The car will move again at a predetermined time interval."
What was next?
Cammy watched her phone.
"I think I'm going to follow him." Cammy said.
That sounded like a bad idea to Savannah. She wanted Cammy to rethink this.
"We have a drone over him and he is locked up." Savannah said. "We know where he's at and where he's going. What would following him do other than tip our hand if he looked back?"
Cammy wanted to take him down silently before the car arrived. She would then terminate the driver and enter the building to see what was inside. She really wanted to keep Savannah out of danger.
"It was just a thought." Cammy said.
It still seemed like a good one to her as well.
"The vehicle is moving." Anna said.
Young Allison checked that screen.
"I see it." Young Allison said. "Where did the Gray go?"
She'd been watching the Gray until she looked at the other terminal.
Anna looked.
"He must be inside the building." Anna said. "He was right by the front door."
Young Allison wanted to see the blueprints of that building.
"I think everyone there needs to see the building's layout." Young Allison said. "They may need to enter it soon."
Anna sent out the request.
"CamNet has sent everyone there the information." Anna said.
Young Allison quickly glanced at them herself.
"There is no second story or a basement." Young Allison said. "I think that's a good thing."
They still needed to keep in mind that there were always modifications to most of these buildings over the years.
Cammy and Savannah received the blueprints.
"Here comes the Gray in the car." Cammy said.
They watched the drone footage from one street over. The Gray in the car now approached the building. He turned into the driveway and went along the side of the building to the rear. The roll up door opened and he drove inside. The roll up door closed.
"Was anyone able to spot anything inside the building when the roll up door was open?" Savannah asked.
"John Henry and CamNet are going over the images." Cammy said. "The lighting was poor inside."
Savannah looked at the blue prints.
"It is a pretty standard arrangement inside." Savannah said.
Without any useful images, anything could be inside the building.
"What was in the far corner?" Young Allison asked. "I think that is where something is at."
The image was too dark.
"Everything came back as inconclusive from John Henry and CamNet." Anna said.
Young Allison knew what that meant.
"That means they are going to go in on foot." Young Allison said.
Anna nodded.
"Apparently." Anna said.
Young Allison wanted to give Savannah and Cammy every advantage.
"Bring a drone down to do a scan of the interior." Young Allison said.
Anna looked at the images of the sky.
"It should be darker." Anna said.
Young Allison didn't think Cammy or Savannah would wait much longer at this point. She wanted as much information as possible for them before they acted.
"It's close enough." Young Allison said. "Do it anyway."
The unknown danger of the unknown, was the unknown.
John and the group were almost finished with dessert. They would be leaving soon.
Cameron looked around and took inventory of the people there.
She liked the good rapport that John shared with Young Jesse. It seemed the 'competition' from the girls on the ship helped motivate Young Jesse even more. It was clear that Leticia wanted a crack at John. Mary and Laura looked like they were game too. Young Jesse was not going to yield. She wanted to get pregnant for Jesse. She wanted a traditional conception this time.
When the group went to leave the main dining room Cameron hung back. Holly-Camille saw what Cameron wanted and held Young Jesse back.
There were too many people around for Cameron to speak with Young Jesse about what she wanted to say. They joined the group at the elevator. The door was open and everyone else was already inside. Leticia and Mary talked with John. There were smiles to go around and a lot of laughter.
John checked and everyone was ready to sit in the front row for the 'British Invasion' show in the main theater. Bob already had the front row roped off for them.
They went up the elevator to the Promenade deck. Cameron wanted to see what Mary, Laura and Leticia looked at in the shops along the way. She also wanted to see what Young Jesse looked at. She already knew what Vanna and Allison would look at. They didn't look at anything. They never did.
She wanted to know what Young Jesse liked and may want. This was the only time for her to find out. Young Jesse didn't look at many clothes along the way and hardly glanced at the jewelry. She really didn't look at much. There were some outfits for small children. She did stop and look at those. That action wasn't lost on Mary, Laura and Leticia. Mary and Laura weren't looking to have kids at this time. Leticia was open to the idea if 'Sue' wanted her to do that.
They needed to pass through a couple of lounges and the atrium before they reached the main theater.
Cameron dropped behind the group with Young Jesse.
"I know what you are doing for Jesse and I appreciate that. It will mean a lot to her." Cameron said.
Young Jesse looked a little apprehensive.
"You know I love John and you dearly." Young Jesse said.
Cameron smiled.
"I do." Cameron said. "I know you're not out to steal John away from me and what you're about to do is for conception. I know you didn't do that the last time even if you wanted to."
"I wanted John to have my purity first." Young Jesse said. "It's been stressed and drilled into me that is who and how my 'first time' with a male should be. That's what I want."
Cameron wanted this. She wanted it for John too.
"That's what you shall have. I will allow that with no problems." Cameron said. "I want you to be happy and I want John to be happy."
Young Jesse was still a little apprehensive.
"I know it's your honeymoon." Young Jesse said.
Cameron saw it as much more than that.
"What happens on the ship, stays on the ship." Cameron said. "When we return if there is an assassination attempt against John at some point, I ask that you come and be at his side everyday, all the time. There will be other human females as well. I've asked all of the females for help to protect John from assassination."
Young Jesse would do that but she thought that function was Savannah's 'job'. She would need to speak with her about it in private. Maybe something happened that she didn't know about.
"I will stand by John and fight at his side until I am terminated." Young Jesse said. "I promise to do that."
That was what Cameron wanted to hear. She hoped it never came to that.
"If you are together all of the time you may have additional children." Cameron said.
Young Jesse was not looking to be a mother yet herself. She was actually worried that she wouldn't be a good mother. It was the same fear Jesse felt until she started to take care of Precious and nurse her.
"I can see which of the other Jesse's needs a child or I can give the baby to you as your own child with John." Young Jesse said. "I have promised you that I'll do that as well."
Cameron thought how beautiful the child would be. She hoped it was a girl. Now she wanted to go back herself and look at the clothes for small children that Young Jesse looked at.
"Do you want to try it once tonight?" Cameron asked. "You can plan to spend a few hours or stay all night. Your 'window' will be at it's best time tomorrow. It would be best to have your body become accustomed to what's 'new'."
Young Jesse could see that Cameron was thrilled at the prospect of having a child of her own. Everyone knew she wanted Young Allison's child. That would be her 'favorite'.
"Have you harvested genetic material from Young Allison yet?" Young Jesse asked.
Cameron wondered where this was going. That was already something she planned and got everyone on board for. She hadn't told Young Allison she would take genetic material from her yet. She was sure she would donate what was required. Claire offered the use of her body again. She was in no hurry to see Young Allison in John's bed.
"No." Cameron said. "I am going to do that if she will allow me to do so. Claire promised to carry it for me and have it herself."
That left the next question.
"What about Savannah?" Young Jesse asked.
Cameron remembered all the promises that she made Savannah make to her since she was a girl.
"I'll let Savannah decide on what she wants to do." Cameron said. "She's sacrificed enough. I needed to watch her give two of her children away. It was very painful for her. It hurt her deeply. It still does. That hurt me too. I feel like it was my fault."
Young Jesse reached over and took Cameron's hand. It started to glitch.
"She did that the first time for you." Young Jesse said. "We popped each other's cherry and impregnated each other. She told me the baby was for you and John. She was very young when she did that for you."
That reminder gave Cameron one more thing to feel 'bad' about. She thought of the chain of events that happened and the trek into the future.
"Things worked out differently than planned." Cameron said. "We all needed to sacrifice for Duplicate Vanna. It was the right thing to do."
Young Jesse saw that everyone else was long gone.
"Where is everyone?" Young Jesse asked.
Cameron listened in her com.
"They are all in the theater." Cameron said. "We need to hurry or I can have CamNet delay the opening of the show."
Young Jesse did not want that to happen.
"Let's go." Young Jesse said.
They hurried to the main theater. They dropped down to deck six and entered the theater from the lower level.
They spied Bob.
"I've been waiting for you." Bob said.
Young Jesse giggled.
John was seated front dead center and there was an open seat on both sides of him. She placed Young Jesse on one side of him and she sat on the other. She reached over and placed John's hand and Young Jesse's hand together. The lights dimmed and the curtain opened. The show started right way without the cruise director's opening comments or statements. Cameron did not want to hear them again.
The scantily clad dancers and singers started to perform.
The theme of the musical show was the 'British Invasion'.
'You Really Got Me' by 'The Kinks', blasted out from the stage.
The music instantly captivated the crowd.
Cameron scanned both John and Young Jesse. They were both highly sexually aroused. She was glad she slipped John a little 'helper' at the end of dinner service. It should be in full effect by the conclusion of the show.
She could see that their entire entourage liked the way the show started. It was going to be a good night.
Cameron looked at John and Young Jesse.
It was going to be a really good night tonight for them.
The smile on Cameron's face grew. If Jesse changed her mind about the baby, it would be for her then. The smile on Cameron's face grew even larger. She could hardly wait for John to 'take' Young Jesse.
She checked her left hand and there was no glitch. She looked at Young Jesse and really hoped it would be a girl. She already knew how beautiful she would be.
Cammy was ready to act. She wanted to know more about what was inside the building.
"I'm going over the back wall." Cammy said.
Savannah checked her gear. She was going with Cammy.
"Let's go." Savannah said.
Cammy wanted to go alone. This seemed like unnecessary danger for Savannah.
"You can stay here with the SUV." Cammy said.
Savannah opened her door and got out.
"Cut the crap, Cammy." Savannah said. "We're going in together."
Cammy didn't like that but she expected no less from Savannah.
Cammy got out and collected her gear.
"Let's go." Cammy said.
Savannah and Cammy went down the side of the building their SUV was parked behind.
They crossed the street to go alongside the building in back of the one they wanted to reach.
Savannah caught something out of the corner of her eye.
"We have movement." Savannah said.
"Magenta." A male voice quickly said.
Savannah looked at Cammy.
"Cheetah." Cammy said.
Tom came out from around the building off to the side. He still carried the LAW rocket along with his M4 with the M203 grenade launcher on it.
"I've been instructed to join you." Tom said.
Savannah looked at the LAW rocket.
"We may need that if we run into an HK Track." Savannah said.
Tom brought up the rear with Cammy in the lead and Savannah was between them.
Tom informed them Steve was close by with the SUV. He could arrive in the front of the target building in twenty two seconds.
Anna watched Tom approach Cammy and Savannah.
"You should have him signal them." Anna said.
Young Allison wanted to test everyone.
"They know what to do and when to do it." Young Allison said.
They watched Tom link up with Cammy and Savannah after the code words were exchanged.
"That went a little better than expected." Anna said. "I expected some blow-back from Cammy or Savannah about the lack of a 'heads up'."
Young Allison was afraid of more than that. That is why she personally told Tom that he was to join them and stay with Savannah. She did not want Cammy to send him away.
"They are off into the unknown." Young Allison said.
"That seems like every operation anymore." Anna said.
Young Allison gritted her teeth a little.
"I guess it does." Young Allison said.
Cammy stopped at the wall and looked over. They were behind the property that they wanted to check out.
Savannah looked at Tom.
"Go over to the fence and observe with her." Savannah said. "Look for any cameras or other surveillance devices. If you see something she misses or concerns you I want to know. You are to tell me personally."
Tom nodded and went up to the wall to join Cammy. They both took in all the details and looked for surveillance cameras.
Savannah kept watch behind them and around them. They were covered by their drones too.
Cammy dropped back to inform Savannah what she observed.
"There is one security camera." Cammy said. "It covers the back. We will need a different way in. There may be others on the sides or front as well."
Savannah looked at the drone footage of the buildings on either side of the target location.
"We can go over the fence to the side here and then over the rear fence of that other property." Savannah said. "We can pass along the side of the target building."
Cammy knew that gave them two options. They could do that on either side of the target building. Maybe they should go over one more building on either side.
Tom returned to them from the wall.
"I think that we…." Tom started and looked up. "I hear a drone."
Cammy looked up and spotted it.
"I see it." Cammy said. "It is one of ours about to make scans of the building interior and the two properties on either side."
Savannah could neither hear nor see it. Then again that was the point.
They checked their phones while Tom kept watch.
"There are only two heat signatures moving inside that building." Cammy said.
Now that they had some drone scans Savannah wanted to know about the other buildings. If they needed to pass through either of those properties they did not need any surprises.
"What do you see on the buildings on either side?" Savannah asked. "I don't see much."
Cammy looked at the images. She knew that John Henry and CamNet were doing detailed analysis of everything.
"I don't see anything but we should get a more conclusive report soon." Cammy said.
Tom looked up.
"I hear drones again." Tom said. "There's more than one coming this time."
Savannah hoped there was not about to be a low level drone strike with them right in back of the place.
"What are they doing?" Savannah asked.
Cammy checked her phone.
"It looks like a more detailed scan of all three buildings." Cammy said. "Something must not be right."
That wasn't want Savannah wanted to hear but it was better that they find out now before they walked into the middle of something.
Young Allison wanted better answers.
"What are we looking at in that one building next to the target building?" Young Allison asked.
Anna looked at the images.
"It's inconclusive." Anna said.
That was not good enough for Young Allison.
"Use more drones and run the scans again check from the top and the sides." Young Allison said. "Do the scans lower this time."
Anna was afraid the Grays might be alerted.
"We can't get too low." Anna said.
Young Allison wanted to chance it.
"Do it anyway." Young Allison said.
They received a message from John Henry.
"I've accessed their security cameras at the target location." John Henry said.
They began to look at the images he sent over.
"There are external cameras on all four sides of the building." Anna said.
Young Allison saw that as a good thing.
"John Henry can loop the feeds." Young Allison said. "Our team should be able to walk right up to the building from any side at that point."
She was surprised at how fast John Henry responded.
"I've just done that." John Henry said. "We control the system."
Young Allison wondered what else they could control.
"Are there any internal cameras?" Young Allison asked.
"None have been detected." John Henry said.
Anna looked at the scans from the surrounding buildings. They were clear and didn't need to be used now.
"It looks like they're good to go." Anna said.
Cammy received an update.
"It looks like we're good to go." Cammy said.
Cammy went over the wall right away.
Savannah wanted to tell her to wait a few seconds. She went to hurry after her.
"I'll help you." Tom said.
Tom actually looked forward to being able to 'touch' Savannah. He always liked when she touched him. It sent impulses through him to all parts of his sheath. Sometimes when she smiled and touched his face it created a 'reaction' he could not control.
Savannah moved to the wall and Tom picked her up by the waist and lifted her up so it was an easy step over the wall for her. She dropped down on the other side. Tom joined them a few seconds later.
Cammy looked back and made sure they were all ready. She started forward.
"What door are we going to enter from?" Savannah asked.
She was sure if it was the rear door that there would be shooting from the start.
"I think the same door the Gray used to enter from the front." Cammy said.
That may be the safe bet but it could have been alarmed or secured better once the Gray entered.
The team moved along the side of the building. They were almost to the front.
They all received an alert message.
Savannah looked at Tom and Cammy as they all checked their phones.
"That can't be good." Savannah said.
Anna received an alert from John Henry.
"The drones orbiting on a wider patrol have identified a possible threat." Anna said.
Young Allison was not pleased to hear that.
"What is it and how soon until it gets to the target location?" Young Allison asked.
"It's two vehicles moving rapidly." Anna said.
"Are they street racers?" Young Allison asked.
"It doesn't appear so. They are following in trail." Anna said.
Young Allison thought it could be anyone.
"How do we know they're headed to the target location?" Young Allison asked.
"John Henry has identified the vehicles on various traffic cameras in this vicinity before at separate times." Anna said. "We may have inadvertently alerted them somehow."
It made Young Allison wonder about the timing.
"They must have been on their way before the cameras were looped. That only happened about three minutes ago." Young Allison said. "Maybe the Gray that entered the building tripped something. That was a little earlier."
Anna wondered if it was just part of the same group and one element of it left before the others. It could also be a rival group that was tracking the vehicle of the Grays and now obtained a location where they'd stopped.
"It may be reinforcements or a 'hit." Anna said.
"That's what I'm afraid of." Young Allison said.
"They're locked up by a drone." Anna said.
"How far out are they?" Young Allison asked.
"They're still several minutes away." Anna said. "They were identified at six miles out."
"Maybe it's time to cut communications around those two cars and disable them." Young Allison said.
Anna received information from CamNet immediately.
"CamNet has confirmed a missile strike." Anna said. "She is ready to fire."
Young Allison thought they were getting ahead of themselves.
"Belay the fire mission. That's not what I want." Young Allison said. "Not yet anyway. Keep it ready and hot."
Young Allison knew once they made a move it was going to alert those inside of the building. A missile strike would be the loudest. A minigun attack would be loud too. She made sure other options were available.
Cammy, Savannah and Tom all received the alert.
Cammy wanted to act now without further ado.
"We need to enter before the reinforcements arrive." Cammy said.
Savannah was aware they could be a hostile strike team as well. She didn't want to fight someone else's battle. It would be better to let the two groups fight it out first.
"We don't know if it's a hit." Savannah said. "I don't want to be in the building if another group is going to attack it."
Cammy checked the ETA of the vehicles.
"We still have a few minutes." Cammy said. "We can get inside and terminate this group and get out again before the attack starts."
That was just it, they didn't know what to expect. It could be reinforcement or an assault. They were dealing with three groups on this overall operation. There were Grays, Fanatics and the anti-Metal faction.
"We need to fallback and wait to see what develops." Savannah said. "If the vehicles continue at their present speed it might be reinforcements. If they slow or stop a few blocks away it's probably a hit."
Cammy still wanted to take care of this operation first.
"We should eliminate the threat we know." Cammy said.
Savannah did not think they possessed enough information.
"We don't know what the threat is." Savannah said. "We don't know what's inside that building for sure. There could be one or more HK Tracks waiting to strike."
Tom could see Savannah offered valid points.
"She's right." Tom said. "Everything is unknown other than there are two Grays in the building."
Cammy frowned.
"Alright, break off." Cammy said.
Anna and Young Allison went over the information. They also listened to the conversation of Cammy and Savannah.
"Savannah's right. This needs to play out some." Young Allison said.
Anna wanted it to play out all the way.
"I think the security cameras should be returned to normal operation then." Anna said. "If they are reinforcements and they arrive unannounced they will know they are being watched. If it is an attack the enemy will take them by surprise."
They heard Savannah say almost the same thing at the same time.
"Make it happen." Young Allison said.
Anna received conformation from John Henry almost immediately.
"All is as it was." Anna said. "Everything is back on."
Young Allison wanted to make sure the team on the ground was covered.
"Either way this needs to develop a little first." Young Allison said. "I want 'Coltan Overcast' and 'Cherry Bomb' to stay with Savannah and Cammy until this is over."
She wanted them to aggressively engage any threat.
